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At one point in Game, Kangna Ranaut, playing Sia, an officer with something called the International Vigilance Squad, exasperatedly asks: What the bloody hell is going on? My sentiments exactly!

Game, written by Althea Delmas Kaushal, is a whodunit that starts out on a beautiful island in Greece.

A billionaire invites four strangers to the island and then reveals that his intentions are far from friendly. You might recognise this basic plot line from Agatha Christie’s best-selling novel And Then There Were None, which has been adapted for stage, film and even a video game.

Or closer to home, there was Shalimar, ostensibly India’s first crossover film, in which the world’s greatest jewel thief, who is dying, invites other world- class thieves to his island to participate in a deadly contest.

This seems, to me, like fairly straight-forward business.

Strangers, secrets, murder and revenge in a confined space should equal entertainment but Game is convoluted and incoherent.